...at the gym.
I've been frequenting gyms for a number of years now and, while it's not something I look forward to at the end of a working day, I appreciated that it keeps my tummy trim and I do have to admit to feeling nicely pumped up when I leave.
Of late, though, my gym experiences have been getting worse. This is nothing to do with any one particular gym as I have been a member of several gyms over the past couple of years during my contracting travels.
What gets to me is the increasing proliferation of personal trainers in these places. When I first started going , there would be 2 or 3 people who could show you the ins and outs of different pieces of kit if you so wished but that was about it.
Nowadays the personal trainers seem to outnumber the punters and I am getting fed up of going to the gym to find that the kit I want to use is unavailable because a trainer is using it for a class or a 1 to 1. These seem to take precedence over normal punters doing their own thing.
The final straw came the other day when I was on the floor area in front of the mirrors doing my burpees. A trainer came over and actually interrupted me to tell me he needed the space for a one on one training session.
I was outraged. I pay £38 a month to use that gym and I am fed up with being pulled from pillar to post when I'm trying to follow my programme.
Oh, another thing. After a long , hard, session there is nothing more annoying than going back to the changing room to find that (no matter how many other lockers are taken) somebody will be using the locker immediately above/below/next to yours and you find you have another work out in the shape of ducking under outstretched appendages to get to your clothing.
I'm thinking of doing an iron man triathlon next summer so I think I can dispense of the gym and focus my efforts on cycling and running with a few visits to the local pool thrown in (though I am an avid wild water swimmer so I only really need to do a bit to keep in the zone so far as swimming is concerned).
I've been frequenting gyms for a number of years now and, while it's not something I look forward to at the end of a working day, I appreciated that it keeps my tummy trim and I do have to admit to feeling nicely pumped up when I leave.
Of late, though, my gym experiences have been getting worse. This is nothing to do with any one particular gym as I have been a member of several gyms over the past couple of years during my contracting travels.
What gets to me is the increasing proliferation of personal trainers in these places. When I first started going , there would be 2 or 3 people who could show you the ins and outs of different pieces of kit if you so wished but that was about it.
Nowadays the personal trainers seem to outnumber the punters and I am getting fed up of going to the gym to find that the kit I want to use is unavailable because a trainer is using it for a class or a 1 to 1. These seem to take precedence over normal punters doing their own thing.
The final straw came the other day when I was on the floor area in front of the mirrors doing my burpees. A trainer came over and actually interrupted me to tell me he needed the space for a one on one training session.
I was outraged. I pay £38 a month to use that gym and I am fed up with being pulled from pillar to post when I'm trying to follow my programme.
Oh, another thing. After a long , hard, session there is nothing more annoying than going back to the changing room to find that (no matter how many other lockers are taken) somebody will be using the locker immediately above/below/next to yours and you find you have another work out in the shape of ducking under outstretched appendages to get to your clothing.
I'm thinking of doing an iron man triathlon next summer so I think I can dispense of the gym and focus my efforts on cycling and running with a few visits to the local pool thrown in (though I am an avid wild water swimmer so I only really need to do a bit to keep in the zone so far as swimming is concerned).
- do some research 
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